#markerkilled

A couple hours ago, Ellie had left the apartment for food. In truth, she could not stand to be in the same where place Isaac had a fuck buddy. Besides the fact that the walls were thin, she just... Well, she didn’t want to be near it! That was all. There wasn’t a rational explanation really so she didn’t think about it, the noise alone was enough to drive her up the wall. So whenever it happened, she always made some excuse — had an odd job, was hungry, needed some air, whatever she could get out as an excuse, if she even needed to say one — and left. 

The trysts never took long, but sometimes Ellie stayed out longer anyway. She’d taken to making some contacts, people who might know more about the Markers but had no connections to Unitology. She had a few people she could talk to, old friends and colleagues, but it wasn’t easy work by any stretch of the imagination after what happened on the Sprawl. Discretion was key.

Part of it was worry. If another Marker was found, or those bastards came back, it’d mean a shit ton of trouble, and she would rather get ahead of it than wait for a necromorph to be beating down their rickety-ass door.

She didn’t tell Isaac, though. There were a few reasons why she didn’t, but nothing she liked to voice. Not even to herself.

   “Do remember I am only letting you speak because I am interested.” Not that Mephisto cared, but rarely did he have company. His own family barely wanted anything to do with him and when they did? No doubt it was because they wanted something. “Nothing more.”

❛   What makes you think I could trust so easily?   ❜

“Isaac! I got an actual job offer!” Ellie shoulders her way into their shitty apartment, looking a little worn after scouring the city for a job all day. Pushing her hair back, she closes the door and turns toward him. “I think the eyepatch helped. The guy was a fan of the look.” More often than not, she simply got stares or probing questions. Engineering accident was a better explanation than the truth but didn’t sell her well to potential jobs. 

Stretching the day's aches away, she continues, “It’s not much but he needs some work done I can handle.” 

@markerkilled​ asked: Isaac comes suppperrrr close to asking Ellie out.... then asks if he'd like to pick up a coffee for her because he's a coward :T

Lucky for Isaac, Ellie is not a coward. Unless it’s about verbally expressing herself, but that has nothing to do with the current situation. “I’ll go get one with you.” She stood and started toward the door. “I could use some caffeine. Just inject it straight into my bloodstream, would you, Isaac? An IV bag full of it.” 

@markerkilled​ asked: ❝ Things explode around you. You can’t blame me for wanting to keep an eye on you. ❞   ⤷ mass effect 2 starters ⤐ accepting!

Gamora didn’t look amused. “You don’t watch it you’re going to be one of those things.” It’s all bark and no bite. She isn’t sure what can destroy him. She has no sense for the cosmic like Adam, but even she can tell that Isaac is beyond most powers now. Though that has never cowed the deadliest woman in the galaxy before.